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Nestlé corporate governance and compliance
Garcia de Castro, Antonio; Reina Paniagua, RocioCase IIST-DGI-216-E-ECorporate Governance, StrategyWhen announced in 2005 that during the Annual Genreal Meeting, the Board of Directors of Nestlé would present Peter Brabeck as CEO and Chairman of the Board, is generated a stir among the shareholders. Mainly institutional shareholders were not in favour of one person to have both charges. Finally the proposed went ahead but that point made Nestlé reconsider everything related to Corporate Governance. It was adapted their articles of associa...Starting at €8.20
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Shareholders: Rights and Precautions
Segarra, José Antonio; Carrillo, JordiTechnical Note JN-28-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThis technical note addresses the rules of governance in public limited companies (PLC) and limited liability companies (LLC) and the exercise of corporate powers. The methods of governance incorporated in company bylaws and shareholders' agreements are described from legal and practical standpoints. In particular, the note describes the rights ascribed to minority shareholders and the precautionary measures that must be taken prior to investing ...Starting at €8.20
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Gokaldas Exports (B): Update
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213B-EStrategyIn August 2007, the United States-based private equity firm the Blackstone Group acquired a 50.1 percent stake in Gokaldas Exports for $116 million. The investment was a two-part deal that included an “open offer” to Gokaldas shareholders for another 20 percent of outstanding shares valued at approximately $45 million. This gave Blackstone a total share of just over 68 percent while the Hinduja family retained 20 percent and other shareholders t...Starting at €5.74
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Lex Machina
Siegel, Robert; Beyer, Anne; Bebb, DonnaCase SGSB-E792-EEntrepreneurshipLex Machina, a legal analytics start-up, needed cash to drive its continued growth trajectory, and had an appealing Series B term sheet in hand. Founded initially as a joint public interest project between SLS and Stanford’s computer science department, Lex Machina had spun off to create a language processing software and machine learning platform to glean insights from legal documents, to support decision making at each stage of the litigation p...Starting at €8.20
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Caser: Adapting to change
Soley, Jorge; Eryes, IgnacioCase F-900-ECorporate Governance, Finance, StrategyThe case discusses the situation of Caser, an insurance company whose shareholders and distributors were savings banks. It analyzes the organization's strategy over the past 30 years and the current problems it faces: it has gone from having more than one hundred shareholders to having seven, and there has been a significant drop in distribution channels due to Spain's bank restructuring.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance: The Jack Wright Series: A Community Bank Problem: Legal Obligations of Directors
Colley, John L.; Logan, George W.; Stettinius, Wallace; Carr, DabneyCase DARDEN-OM-1513-EService and Operations ManagementOver the last 25 years or so, local banks rolled up through mergers into regional banks and often to national banks. This was the way that such banks as Bank of America and Wells Fargo were built. In 1993, an entrepreneur in a midsize Virginia city, like many others around the country, realized that this trend created an opportunity for new, independent, locally owned community banks and decided to organize one. This new case is an addition to a ...Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa SA: The Unveiling or Unraveling of a Bold New Strategy?
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-929-EDecision Analysis, Finance, StrategyShortly after presenting its new asset-light strategy involving the division of its operating structure into three separate entities, Abengoa S.A. is faced with a crisis when its stock price drops by half amid investor doubts that the parent company will guarantee a newly issued green bond.Starting at €8.20
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EC2CE: Artificial Intelligence in the Agribusiness
Nwelati Artillo, B.; Villafuerte Martín, A.Case IIST-MI-174-E-EMarketingEc2ce is a start-up founded in 2014 by senior executives of multinational companies to focus on a new goal: reducing uncertainty in agricultural production and streamlining the management of the agri-food supply chain using artificial intelligence algorithms. With a turnover of barely 600,000 EUR in 2017, their first year in the market, ec2ce’s founders and managers are considering options to drive growth as quickly as possible, not jeopardizing ...Starting at €8.20
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What Are Companies Responsible For Whom Should Executives Serve
Calleja, RicardoTechnical Note BEN-143-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementThis document compares the main existing models on a company's social responsibility, in their descriptive, instrumental and normative aspects, with the intention of giving a rigorous theoretical foundation to an eminently practical problem: whom do executives serve and what should their priority be? To do this, it briefly reviews the shareholder model, models of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and, specifically, the stakeholder model. Fina...Starting at €8.20
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¿De qué son responsables las empresas ¿A quién deben servir los directivos
Calleja, RicardoTechnical Note BEN-143Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementEste documento compara los principales modelos existentes sobre la responsabilidad social de la empresa, en sus aspectos descriptivos, instrumentales y normativos, con la intención de ofrecer un fundamento teórico riguroso a un problema eminentemente práctico: ¿a quién sirve el directivo y cuál debe ser su prioridad? Para ello, repasa brevemente el modelo de shareholders, los modelos de responsabilidad social corporativa (RSC) y, en concreto, el...Starting at €8.20